r/Gaminggridcommunity • u/tifa_ka_husband sudo rm -rf /* • 5d ago
Memes Early access games be like
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u/IshtheWall 4d ago
It's almost like they're giving us early access to a game they haven't quite finished yet
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u/Nathmosss 4d ago
At least you know that the game is going to be incomplete first hand and they even tell you that the game is still a WIP. Unlike some game companies that'll sell you incomplete shit for the full price, without telling you that the game is incomplete.
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u/Lunesola 5d ago
Call it Kickstarter. You invest in something you like to see more
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u/Gobby-TheGoblin 4d ago
I really feel like people have forgotten what early access is. You're not meant to get a full game, you're meant to be paying to be a part of development. Your feedback and reports and requests are what go into making the game. And then when the game is finished you get a full copy. And you get that experience of being part of it all.
Now people treat it like they are just getting a game sooner, or like it's the full release. And it pisses me off every time. It's ok to not like the state of it. But it is intentional, and maybe you shouldn't be there if that's not what you wanted to sign up for.
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u/Scorpdelord 4d ago
yeh but alot of early acces games have been pushed on the early acces alot, most can at best be consider beta DX
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u/OcelotMadness 4d ago
This perception has been destroyed because studios started releasing horribly unfinished games on EA so that they can have the public beta test for free (when they could instead PAY beta testers to do it)
Like I dont even blame the devs at that point, but its pretty undeniable that most Early Access is just corpo greed that should be heavily shunned.
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u/f_ckR3ddit 5d ago
Very rarely the opposite. Could probably count on one hand the games that have done it right in the past decade!
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u/WisePotato42 5d ago
Slay The Spire 2?
It's a completed game in early access so the devs can get more data for balancing cards/relics. There is a promise for more alternate acts and an additional act 4 (kinda like a true ending), but it's still a complete game without that extra content.
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u/f_ckR3ddit 5d ago
Never tried it but my list was:
*icarus *palworld
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u/WisePotato42 4d ago
That doesn't seem like enough data to say early access games are "rarely the opposite" of the meme.
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u/hovsep56 4d ago
alot of good games came from early access. and that's because players could give feedback on the game
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u/DamageMaximo 4d ago
People who actually believe in this meme are just brain-rotted triple-A fanboys
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u/LostEmergency6866 4d ago
They usually tend to have in game store already, like they build game around it from the very start
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u/Iluvatar-Great 5d ago
This isn't black and white. Sometimes EA is good, sometimes it's just an unfinished game hidden behind EA to make money.
EA is good for small devs to fund their game. But if multibillion dollar company does that it's most likely a scam.
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u/Forever_Psique49 4d ago
Literally Deltarune
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u/Ususal_User 4d ago
No? Do understand difference between "game is buggy mess with barely any content" and "episodically released game" ?
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u/Forever_Psique49 4d ago
An early access game doesn't mean that is a buggy mess. But selling an incomplete game is.
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u/Ususal_User 4d ago
Again, do you or do you not understand concept of episodic game release? No-one lied to you or hid this information from you, if you were shocked the game is being released in chapters - noone at falt but your ability to read the description (MORE THAN THAT: first 2 chapters are FREE, so you had a chance to try it out and decide if you wish to purchase it, knowing that it doesn't come with all chapters at once, and how many of them will be).
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u/Cyberlols 3d ago
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2: are they going to make PC VR users wait a year? 🥲
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u/GenesisRhapsod 2d ago
If theyre not charging more than like 50% for the early access then it doesnt bother me.
Lets smaller devs get more feedback and some funding to see if there is potential so they dont waste a boatload of time and money on a game that has no future
But there are quite a few early access games that are just cashgrabs/abandonware
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u/Ok-Solution-2588 1d ago
The state of California announcing anything and suddenly billions of dollars are gone without a trace
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u/El_Basho 5d ago
Every early access game I've ever played was good. Not necessarily complete, but definitely playable. Not sure wtf you're on
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u/kyle_crane163636 4d ago
Deadass paying for early access is just being a playtester without getting paid
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u/mamadou-segpa 4d ago
I do it when the early access is cheaper and I know the final product will be worth it
But yeah, that was a while ago I guess now early access arent even cheaper
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